Thurman W. Dale

January 22, 2000|COMPILED BY JENNIFER WILLIAMS-VALQUI DAILY PRESS

VIRGINIA BEACH — Thurman Woodrow Dale, 79, of Virginia Beach, went home to be with his Lord after an extended illness.

Mr. Dale was born in Burgaw, N.C., on Aug. 27, 1920, and was the son of the late Willie W. Dale and Macie M. Dale. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and retired from the Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk, as an electronics mechanic after 38 years of service. Mr. Dale was a member of Bayside Baptist Church, a Sentara Bayside Hospital volunteer and a member of the Sentara Select Plus Choral Group.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Orian C. Dale; a daughter, Gwendolyn D. Richards of Syracuse, N.Y.; four sons, Thurman B. Dale and Donald B. Dale of Virginia Beach, Wayne A. Dale of Atlanta, Ga., and Robert E. Dale of Boise, Idaho; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Melrose Dale and Juanita D. Eichorn of Wilmington, N.C., and Sallie D. Rackley of Raleigh, N.C.; and a sister-in-law, Betty P. Dale of Wallace, N.C.

Funeral services will be held at Holloman-Brown Funeral Home on Monday, Jan. 24, at 12:30 p.m. by the Rev. Donald Wilson. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with military honors. Friends may join the family Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Bayside Baptist Church or the National Organization of Rare Diseases.